變本加厲

See also: 变本加厉

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to add; plus	severe
trad. (變本加厲)		變	本	加	厲
simp. (变本加厉)		变	本	加	厉

Etymology

From the preface of Wenxuan (文選) by Xiao Tong (蕭統):

蓋踵其事而增華，變其本而加厲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

盖踵其事而增华，变其本而加厉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Gài zhǒng qí shì ér zēng huá, biàn qí běn ér jiā lì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànběnjiālì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ bun² gaa¹ lai⁶
Min Nan (POJ): piàn-pún-ka-lē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: biànběnjiālì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannbeenjialih
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin³ bun² gaa¹ lai⁶
  - Yale: bin bún gā laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ bun² gaa¹ lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin³ bun² ga¹ lei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ puːn³⁵ käː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-pún-ka-lē
  - Tâi-lô: piàn-pún-ka-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piernpwnkale
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³ le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/

Idiom

變本加厲

to get worse; to become aggravated; to intensify one's effort to do something wrong

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